Peace and health: exploring the nexus in the Americas

Authors

Adnan A. Hyder, Department of Global Health, George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health, Washington, District of Columbia, USA hydera1@email.gwu.edu.
Natalia S. Ambrosio, The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Omar García-Ponce, Department of Political Science, The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Lorena Barberia, Department of Political Science, Sao Paulo University-Chacara Santo Antonio I Campus, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

10-1-2022

Journal

BMJ global health

Volume

7

Issue

Suppl 8

DOI

10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009402

Abstract

The relationship between peace and health is complex, multifactorial and fraught with challenges of definitions, measurements and outcomes. This exploratory commentary on this nexus within a focus on the Americas posits this challenge clearly and calls for more scholarship and empirical work on this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective. The overall goal of this paper is to try and explore the elements that impact the relationship between peace and health with a focus on the Americas (defined as countries spanning from Canada to Argentina) in the post-Cold war period. Focusing on the 1990s and onwards, we seek to underscore why violence continues to permeate these societies despite a third and lasting wave of democratisation in the hemisphere. We hope this will allow a more robust dialogue on peace and health in the regional and global health literature.

APA Citation

Hyder, Adnan A.; Ambrosio, Natalia S.; García-Ponce, Omar; and Barberia, Lorena, "Peace and health: exploring the nexus in the Americas" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 1832.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/1832

Department

Global Health